I think you could also argue that they respected [Klay] by giving him $79 million dollars so far in his career, and elevating him, through exemplary roster management, from role-player status to a guy who’s made an All-NBA team, is a national celebrity and is looking like a shoo-in at $190M, which is way too much for a guy with his numbers.

Lol. Yeah, the Warriors elevated Klay, not the other way around. Sure.

Guys like Klay expose the folly of a slavish devotion to numbers based on pre-2004 basketball. It’s a pity he couldn’t have grabbed two more offensive rebounds a game instead of being one of the key components of a historically great defense.

Mills was already back with the Knicks when they signed JR’s brother because of the CAA connection right? It might be something similar, although it probably means more that the Knicks are trying to appease Roc Nation instead of it being a sign of something more serious regarding Durant.

I just couldn’t find any basketball reasons to go after Ellenson, so yeah, it has got to be something to do with his agency. Bill Simmons also recently said in his podcast that everyone he’s been talking about thinks Durant is going to the Knicks. There might be some fire to the smoke after all.

Yeah, Tatum being overrated regarding his actual production is precisely the reason why he has more trade value. He’s seen as a proven player who’s also very young and has superstar talent. There’s no way he’s worth less than anyone but Zion in this draft. He’s the best young asset that has been speculated as part of any deal for AD.

To be clear, you think the difference between Tatum and RJ Barrett is greater than the difference between, say, Mitch Robinson and Marcus Smart? Bc I was pretty clear that Tatum > Barrett. All I said was Tatums isn’t >>>>>>> Barrett. Barrett is *really* highly rated and he benefits from the exact overratedness that you said inflates Tatum’s value.